[ForeignBrief] Mexican President Andrew Manuel Lopez Obrador will formally submit a proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine War to the UN today in Mexico City.
His proposal would create a mediation committee that would facilitate direct peace talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, and would be moderated by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pope Francis.
Goodness.
And a PONY!
In June, Obrador claimed that NATO’s policy of supplying arms to Ukraine was immoral and reiterated his claims that the war could have been avoided.
It could have been, yes, but no one wanted to. Some bright ideas can only be resolved by force of arms.
In March, six members of Obrador’s MORENA party in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies created a Mexico-Russia Friendship Group along with members of the Labor Party and the PRI. Although Mexico condemned the invasion in February, Obrador has not joined in international sanctions against Russia.
Obrador’s proposal will likely be ignored as recent Ukrainian battlefield successes have reduced the likelihood of a mediated peace. Obrador will certainly continue to support his plan and Mexico’s neutrality in order to placate Russia-friendly members within his party. Further, Obrador may attempt to use his repeated mediation attempts to boost his party’s foreign policy credentials and distract from domestic controversies as the 2024 presidential elections draw near.
[KhaamaPress] Despite the two countries’ agreement on a truce, border festivities along the escalating Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border, which have been disputed since the collapse of the Soviet Union, have resulted in scores of fatalities and injuries, including at least 87 on the Kyrgyz side.
The border conflict between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan broke out on September 14th after Kyrgyz border guards accused the Tajik side of taking positions along an unmarked section of the border.
According to a statement from the Tajik side, Kyrgyz border guards opened fire on their station with guns and mortars without warning, killing one and injuring two others, RIA Novosti reported.
At least 87 people, in Kyrgyzstan alone, are reported to have endured injuries as a result of the armed festivities along the border, primarily caused by gunshots and shrapnel launched by the Tajik side.
Tajikistan, in turn, claimed that Kyrgyz soldiers had used "heavy weaponry" to bombard seven of its villages and one of its outposts. According to international media citing officials in the Tajik city of Isfara, one person was killed and three others were hurt.
The Kyrgyz side accuses the Tajik side of not keeping its end of the agreement despite meetings and phone calls between the sides of the border conflict to stop the war from escalating and to establish a ceasefire taking place.
There have reportedly been dozens of fatalities, dozens of injuries, and hundreds of thousands of displaced people who have fled their homes in order to avoid the violence on both sides of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border, and the situation there is said to still be tense.
The border clash between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan flared at a time when both the Kyrgyz and Tajik were in Uzbekistan for a regional security summit, posing for pictures for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
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[APA] The Russian forces are holding Kherson down and repulsing all Ukrainian attempts to retake the region, said Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist politician Kirill Stremousov, APA reports citing TASS.
The two countries' troops fought in the Davydov Brod area on Friday, with no good results for the Ukrainian side, according to the Russian official.
"All attempts have been repulsed. Everything is in a row: both saboteurs and foreign mercenaries," Stremousov told the media outlet.
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Looks like the Kherson Counter Offensive was a successful feint for the offensive that cleared Kharkiv.
[LB] The authorities are urging residents of the region to evacuate.
by Zaza Pavalishvili
Donetsk OVA showed the consequences of today's Russian shelling of Kostiantynivka, as a result of which five people, including a child, were wounded.
This is reported by the Donetsk Regional State Administration on the official YouTube channel.
The video shows damaged multi-story residential buildings without windows and doors, a lot of broken glass, construction debris, fragments of enemy weapons.
"Five wounded are the result of today's shelling of Kostyantynivka. One child is among the wounded. Kostyantynivka is quite far from the front line, but the Russians regularly attack the city," the post under the video reads.
The authorities once again call on residents of the region to evacuate.
We will remind, during the past day, September 16, the Russians killed five civilians of the Donetsk region.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Vesti] In the occupied territories of the Kherson region, Russian troops cannot provide themselves with drinking water and flee across the Dnieper in stolen motorboats. This was reported by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense. Moreover, the GUR is talking about men from Gorlovka who were previously "mobilized" and sent to the occupied Kherson region. When they refused to take part in hostilities, communication with them disappeared (earlier, the General Staff reported that it was these military men who had been promised by their commanders to be sent to the front line without weapons ).
"The command of the airborne assault unit of the airborne troops of the Russian Federation, located near Kakhovka, cannot solve the problem of providing personnel at the forefront with drinking water and ammunition. The local population refuses to provide Russians with food even under duress. Currently, water supplies and ammunition are being replenished at night, by civilian vehicles hijacked in the nearest settlements ," the scouts say.
The GUR adds that a number of units of the Russian army in the Kherson region received an order to withdraw personnel to the left bank of the Dnieper, using small boats for this - motor boats stolen in the surrounding villages. "
Near the place of the ferry crossing across the Dnieper, the appearance of several groups of unarmed rashists of 10-20 people was recorded. These servicemen refused to participate in hostilities. As a result, the unit commanders removed them from all types of allowances, confiscated their weapons and released them "for free bread." For now, they are forced to beg from local residents and are looking for an opportunity to return home," the ministry said.
Meanwhile, as the GUR adds, as a result of "mobilization" into the occupying army, there are practically no men left in Gorlovka. Only women, children and the elderly remained in the city. And where are the men from Gorlovka? This is still unknown, the scouts say. Those who were "mobilized" into the 9th Separate Marine Regiment of the 1st Army Corps of the Occupation Forces have not been contacted since September 11th. Being in the Kherson region, they refused to participate in hostilities. The latest information that came from them was that Russian commanders threatened to send all "refuseniks" to the front line without weapons.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Vesti] The enemy continues to focus on organizing defense and holding the occupied territories , trying to completely occupy the Donetsk region , as well as disrupting the active operations of the Defense Forces in certain areas. This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff as of 18.00 Saturday, September 17.
Over the current day , the enemy launched four missile and 15 air strikes, carried out more than 20 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on military and civilian targets on the territory of Ukraine. The infrastructure of more than 30 settlements suffered , in particular, Kharkiv, Seversk, Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, New York, Maryinka, Krasnogorovka, Poltavka, Krivoy Rog, Zaporozhye, Nikopol, Orekhov, Mirolyubovka and Ochakov. The threat of air and missile strikes throughout Ukraine remains.
In the Volyn and Polesye directions, the situation has not changed significantly. In other directions, the enemy fired from tanks, mortars and artillery, namely:
in the Seversky direction - in the areas of the settlements of Bleshnya, Chernihiv region and Khleborob and Kondratovka, Sumy region;
in the Kharkov direction (including from the territory of the Russian Federation) - in the areas of the settlements of Kharkov, Kudeevka, Goptovka, Aniskino, Dvurechnaya, Kupyansk, Senkovo, Gorokhovatka, Bakhtin and Kamenka;
in the Kramatorsk direction - Yaremovka, Sosnovoe, Yarovaya, Svyatogorsk, Shchurovo, Stary Caravan, Ozernoe, Serebryanka, Raygorodok, Piskunovka, Curve Luka, Nikolaevka, Seversk, Verkhnekamennoye, Spirne, Vesele and Grigorievka;
in the Bakhmut direction - Vyemka, Razdolevka, Belogorovka, Yakovlevka, Soledar, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Veselaia Dolina, Zaitsevo, Odradovka, Nikolaevka Second, Mayorsk, New York, Sukhaya Balka and Yurievka.
in the Avdeevka direction - Veseloe, Avdeevka, Netaylovo and Poprosnoye.
On the Novopavlovsk, Zaporizhzhya and Yuzhnobuzhsky directions , the enemy fired at the line of collision. More than 50 settlements came under fire, among them - Zelenoe Pole, Poltavka, Novopol, Olgovskoe,
Zheleznodorozhnoye, Volshebnoye, Stepnaya Dolina, Tavriyskoye, Ternovye Pody and Belaya Krinitsa.
In connection with the successful actions of the Defense Forces to disable all crossings across the Dnieper in the Kherson direction, the invaders are preparing retreat routes for themselves . In the area of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric station, in order to build a crossing in the future, they flooded nine wagons. At the same time, the occupying authorities continue to force local entrepreneurs to make payments in Russian rubles, conduct weekly inspections and threaten to "nationalize", that is, take away the business in case of refusal to cooperate with the occupiers.
Over the current day , units of the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Zaitsevo, Pervomayskoye, Nikolaevka Second and Novomikhailovka .
More than 180 Russian troops have been confirmed killed in Kherson . The blow was struck on September 10 at the building of Alkoservis LLC, where the personnel and military equipment of the enemy were located. For five days, units of the Russian Guard and the FSB cleared the rubble and took out the bodies of the dead, trying to hide the losses.
During the day , the aircraft of the Defense Forces attacked ten areas of concentration of enemy manpower and equipment and three positions of anti-aircraft missile systems. The losses of the enemy are specified. In addition, Ukrainian air defense units shot down one enemy UAV. Rocket troops and artillery inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy command post and ammunition composition.
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[Korrespondent] 23:17 Zelensky said in an interview with Reuters that during the counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian military captured hundreds of invaders: "I'll tell you frankly, this operation made it possible to seriously replenish this fund ... In any case, I'll tell you frankly, the Russians there are more of our prisoners than we have - Russian military or mercenaries working for the Russian Federation, terrorists. Therefore, our task is to replenish this fund."
22:28 In an evening video message, Zelensky compared Nazis and Rashists: “They don’t make soap out of people, they don’t make lampshades out of leather ... The scale is not for the whole of Europe ... But the principle is the same. Camps where people gather to kill. Deportations. Burnt cities and villages, completely destroyed - nothing remains alive after rashism. Rocket terror. Mass graves. Torture. The most cruel mockery of still living people. And the boundless, undisguised hatred with which they justify this war, which they started ... Torture was a widespread practice in the occupied territory. That's what the Nazis did. That's what the Rashists do. And they will respond the same way - both on the battlefield and in the courtrooms."
22:14 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine confirmed the information of the General Staff that four powerful explosions were recorded in the warehouse of Alcoreresurs LLC of the Kherson Cotton Mill, where the personnel and equipment of the occupiers were located. It is known about the death of about 180 invaders, who were taken out of the city by three refrigerators. Several dozen more were delivered to medical institutions in Kherson in critical condition.
It is also known about the consequences of attacks by the Ukrainian Defense Forces on the locations of the invaders in the Zaporozhye region: in the area of the settlements of Kamenka, Hulyaipole, Pologa and Horse Rozdory - up to 80 wounded; in the area of Vasilyevka - up to 15 dead Kadyrovites, who recently arrived with the aim of carrying out "filtration". In the occupied Perevalsk, Luhansk region, after being hit by six rockets, heavy losses were noted in the units of the occupiers - the bodies were taken by several cargo Urals to the morgue of the Alchevsk hospital, an identification procedure is underway.
In Dokuchaevsk, Donetsk region, the food warehouse of the invaders, which was created on the territory of the mechanical repair center, was completely destroyed. In the village of Sadok, Kherson region, Ukrainian artillery fire destroyed four MLRS Grad of invaders.
21:59 Shooting is heard in the center of Kherson, local publics report. The "authorities" assure that the "liquidation of the DRG" is underway.
20:58 Another torture chamber has been discovered in the Kharkiv region - in the basement of the so-called "people's police" in the village of Cossack Lopan, the Office of the Prosecutor General reports.
19:13 In the Kherson region, due to the destruction of crossings across the Dnieper by the Defense Forces, the occupiers are preparing retreat routes for themselves. So, in the area of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric station, for the construction of a crossing in the future, they flooded nine wagons, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the evening report. Also confirmed the destruction of more than 180 invaders in Kherson. The blow was struck on September 10 on the building of Alcoreresurs LLC, where the personnel and military equipment of the enemy were located. For five days, units of the Russian Guard and the FSB cleared the rubble and took out the bodies of the dead, trying to hide the losses.
Over the current day, units of the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Zaitsevo, Pervomayskoye, Nikolaevka Second and Novomikhailovka.
19:01 Donbass.Realii published a photo from the basement of the military registration and enlistment office in the village of Shevchenkovo, Kupyansky district, where the Russians tortured people. According to the police, ten torture chambers were found in the territories of the de-occupied Kharkiv region.
18:32 In Crimea, cars were set on fire near the dacha of Russian TV presenter Dmitry Kiselev. According to local media, the incident took place last night. An unknown person in shoe covers and a medical mask entered the territory of the house and burned two cars. He is wanted by the "police" of the peninsula.
17:49 The IAEA has announced that the ZNPP
... the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in southeastern Ukraine is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and among the 10 largest in the world, so reconnecting it and placing it back under trained supervision is a good thing...
has been reconnected to the Ukrainian power grid.
17:18 As a result of rocket attacks on Kramatorsk, five people were injured, including one child. The Russians again hit the private sector with S-300 missiles, damaging 31 houses, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the UVA, said.
16:39 In the village of Bogatyr in the area of the Molochny estuary, where the occupiers relocated part of their military equipment and personnel, five explosions sounded, Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said: Rashist bases. So we collect information about the losses of the enemy."
16:34 In Melitopol, guerrillas blew up the railway track, which the invaders are carrying weapons and fuel for military equipment from the Crimea, RIA-Melitopol writes. The receiving and departure track of the Nizyany station was destroyed, and 25 sleepers and rails were damaged. There are no dead or injured.
16:27 Spain sent Ukraine five transport aircraft with ammunition for large-caliber artillery systems, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. This is the fifth flight with weapons transferred to Ukraine by Spain in recent days. Four such flights were made last week. A total of 75 pallets of large-caliber ammunition were delivered.
16:01 Putin will be forced to change the goals of the war in Ukraine, says Pentagon intelligence chief Scott Berrier. According to him, the goal of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine was to overthrow the government and seize the entire state. However, due to the fact that the Russian army is not able to achieve Putin's initial goals, they may change again in the near future: "We do not yet know exactly what Putin's decision on the war in Ukraine will be, but it will largely determine how long this conflict will continue.
15:55 U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink called "an absolute lie" rumors that the United States is inciting Ukraine to negotiate with Putin: "I can only repeat once again what our president, secretary of state and other high-ranking officials said. They said, that only the Ukrainians and the democratically elected leader of Ukraine - President Zelensky - can decide when and how this conflict should end. And when and how to start negotiations."
15:43 Shmyhal confirmed that the Ukrainian budget received a grant in the amount of $1.5 billion - this is the last tranche of US aid totaling $4.5 billion.
15:39 In Chuguev, an 11-year-old girl died, who was injured during the Russian shelling of the city, said the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov. It also became known about the wounded woman - her condition is assessed by doctors as moderate.
15:36 Adviser to the Minister of Defense of France Sebastien Lecornu hinted that his country could conduct exercises for the Ukrainian military. According to official data from the French government, France has trained 40 Ukrainian soldiers since the start of the war. Mostly they were trained to work with the French Caesar self-propelled guns. But Lecornu has hinted that other "specialized" French-led exercises may be taking place in secret: "The United Kingdom has decided to go ahead with basic training. We are doing more specialized training. We won't tell you everything we do."
15:19 The authorities of the Belgorod region said that during the shelling of the Belgorod village of Krasny Khutor, allegedly from Ukraine, one person died and two were injured.
14:10 "DPR authorities" said that the Ukrainian side fired at the central region of Donetsk with "NATO-caliber shells",
...what does that mean?
155mm, 105mm for tube artillery and 227mm for rocket artillery are NATO calibers
killing four people. The building of the "Donbass post office" was also allegedly struck, no one was injured.
13:28 The Russians launched rocket attacks on Chuguev, said the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov. An 11-year-old child was injured and was hospitalized. According to preliminary data, there is damage from hits to critical infrastructure, the private sector, an enterprise, a gas station.
13:16 Germany has agreed to supply Ukraine with 18 RCH-155 self-propelled artillery mounts manufactured by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. But the first units will be ready for shipment only after 30 months, tentatively in March 2025.
One hopes most sincerely that by the time they are ready they will no longer be needed. Still, if this is something with which the German army is supposed to be equipped, by then they will be ready to receive it.
Reznikov sent a request for the purchase of these machines on 14 July. Former Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnik said on September 16 that the German government had finally approved the export of these weapons.
12:23 The Russians fired at the Slavyanskaya TPP this morning, the equipment on the territory of the station was damaged, a fire broke out, the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko said. Because of the shelling in the city of Nikolaevka, interruptions in water supply began.
11:28 Traitors en masse get in touch with the Ukrainian special services, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said: "We see the following trend of recent days: first of all, collaborators get in touch with the Ukrainian special services regarding the conclusion of an agreement on the abolition, or postponement, or weakening of their responsibility, if they provide information and serve the state of Ukraine. Today we see such appeals on a massive scale."
He also said that in recent days there have been two tragedies on the "road of life" through the fault of the occupiers. A civilian car was blown up by a Russian mine. The occupants' UAZ
...a Russian car manufacturer that makes off-road vehicles, busses, and trucks...
loaded with ammunition at high speed flew into a car with civilians. The family died on the spot.
10:43 "Ministry of Internal Affairs" of the occupied Zaporozhye region stated that power lines were blown up in the southern part of Melitopol, two reinforced concrete poles were damaged.
10:41 A video has appeared on the network from the Ukrainian military, who claim that they have liberated Shchurovo and Dibrovo near Liman.
10:39 The head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaliy Kim recommends leaving Nikolaev to everyone who does not have a job and does not help the army: "Everyone who has a job and can help the military, let them work together and help the soldiers win. If there is no work, then it is better to leave the region" .
10:35 Blinken said that after the discovery of mass graves in Izyum, it is necessary to increase support for Ukraine: "Reports of the mass grave of 440 men, women and children in Izyum are heartbreaking and should step up our support for the brave Ukrainians seeking to liberate their homeland. We support Ukraine in attracting accountable for these crimes."
10:29 British intelligence reports that Russian troops have established a line of defense between the Oskol River and the city of Svatovo and will conduct a stubborn defense in the area. Analysts say Russia likely sees it important to maintain control of the zone, as it is one of the few major supply routes from the Belgorod region that the Russian Federation still controls.
In addition, this line runs along the border of the Luhansk region, the capture of which is one of the immediate Russian goals of the war. Any significant loss of territory in the Lugansk region would definitely undermine Russia's strategy, experts say. Russia is likely to try to put up a stubborn defense in the area, but it's unclear if Russia's forward forces have sufficient reserves or sufficient morale to counter another concerted Ukrainian attack, the intelligence said. Meanwhile, offensive operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the north-east of the country continue.
09:48 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of September 17:
personnel - about 54,250 (+200) people liquidated,
tanks - 2202 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 4701 (+11),
artillery systems - 1306 (+4),
MLRS - 312 (+0),
air defense systems - 168 (+0),
aircraft - 251 (+1),
helicopters - 216 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 911 (+3),
cruise missiles - 236 (+3),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3571 (+21),
special equipment - 121 (+0).
09:03 Among the bodies that were exhumed yesterday at the mass grave site in Izyum, 99% with signs of violent death, said the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov: "There are several bodies with their hands tied behind their backs, and one person was buried with a rope around his neck. Obviously, these people were tortured and executed. There are also children among the buried."
08:59 In the Lugansk region, the invaders are building defensive structures and intensively checking the phones of the population, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. Meanwhile, the guerrillas, he said, are cutting the wheels of "people's militia" vehicles. As for the murder of the "Prosecutor General" in Lugansk, according to Gaidai, these are "the internal affairs of the murdered man with Pasechnik."
Gaidai also said that many collaborators were not allowed to enter the border with the Russian Federation - they have settled in settlements and are waiting for the moment to leave.
08:54 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the enemy military base in the Radivonovsky reserve in the area of the Molochny estuary, the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said.
08:50 In the Donetsk region over the past day, two civilians died from Russian shelling - in Svyatogorsk and Bakhmut. Another 11 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:46 At night, the Russians attacked the Zaporozhye region, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh. The enemy fired four rockets at the village of Tavrichesky - a gymnasium, a sports club and a local house of culture were destroyed, no one was injured. Also, the high-rise buildings of the town of Stepnogorsk were subjected to shelling, without casualties. In the town of Orekhov, one person was wounded as a result of shelling.
08:39 Mexico plans to propose to the UN General Assembly a plan to achieve an immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine. It is assumed that a truce will be declared not only between Kyiv and Moscow, but in general between all the peoples of the world for at least five years, CNN reports.
Romantic twaddle. If the Catholic Church could not impose such a thing in Europe during the Middle Ages, then in cannot be done. Though if it could, the powerless posturing palace that is the UN General Assembly is absolutely not the place to do it.
Thus, the proposal provides that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pope Francis and UN Secretary General António Guterres will act as mediators in the Dialogue and Peace Committee.
Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador hopes this will start direct talks between Zelensky and Putin. He also criticized the sanctions against Russia and "mass deliveries" of weapons to Ukraine, calling them "actions that contributed to the ongoing confrontation, an additional dose of irrationality."
According to the State Emergency Service, one of the rockets hit the building of the enterprise in the Industrial District of the city, a fire broke out, it has already been eliminated. There are no victims or injured. Mayor Igor Terekhov also said that the rocket hit the Slobodsky district, next to a residential building. Four people were injured - two adults and two children. Also in the early morning there was shelling of the Kyiv region, there were no casualties.
07:53 The units of the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in a day, inflicting losses on him, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Zaitsevo, Avdeevka, Nikolaevka Second and Novomikhailovka, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report . The defeat of nine areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the enemy, three strongholds, a rear command post and two positions of anti-aircraft missile systems was confirmed.
07:19 Байден в интервью каналу CBS предупредил Путина о последствиях в случае применения Россией ядерного оружия: "Не делайте этого. Не делайте. Не делайте. Это изменит гримасу войны на то, чего не было со времен Второй мировой... Это будут иметь consequences. They will become more outcasts in the world than ever. And depending on the scale of what they do, the answer will be determined."
06:32 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes about the unification of Russian administrations around Kadyrov's call for "self-mobilization." Thus, the mayor's office of Vladivostok confirmed that the city administration sends letters to men from 25 to 63 years old with an invitation to join the BARS (Combat Army Reserve of the country) or the so-called volunteer units Tigr (marines). The Vladivostok statement indicates that the Russian municipal leadership may feel pressure from the federal authorities to create a certain number of "volunteer battalions", analysts say.
Other local leaders also announced the creation of new battalions in support of Kadyrov's draft. In particular, the governor of the Kirov region, the "head" of the Crimea, the governor of the Magadan region, the heads of the Voronezh, Chuvash, Kemerovo and Bashkir regions declared their support for this idea. Kadyrov himself announced on September 16 that his Chechen battalions Akhmat Vostok and Zapad were transferred to the Donbass regions. Kadyrov also announced that he had created another Akhmat-1 detachment of 2,000 men "armed to the teeth."
02:27 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the United States has provided Ukraine with modern weapons, military equipment and equipment worth about $15.8 billion. The Pentagon has published a complete list of transferred weapons .
00:27 Representatives of the West comment on the massacres in Izyum, for more details - in the material The world is shocked .
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However, due to the fact that the Russian army is not able to achieve Putin's initial goals, they may change again in the near future: "We do not yet know exactly what Putin's decision on the war in Ukraine will be, but it will largely determine how long this conflict will continue.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:49 A sabotage group has been liquidated in Kherson, only some pockets of resistance remain, they are also being neutralized. 23:42 Losses of the Ukrainian military as a result of high-precision strikes in the Nikolaev and Kherson regions amounted to more than 140 killed and wounded.
23:11 In the Kherson region, during an unsuccessful attempt at an offensive, more than 120 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed.
22:51 Kyiv resumed shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, 15 shells were fired per day.
22:27 The Russian military and law enforcement officers completely control the territory of Kherson and the region, the administration of the region said.
17:37 Ex-NATO representative in Russia Harry Tabakh confirmed the information that American citizens are participating in the fighting on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
17:26 Almost the entire Kherson region and part of the Mykolaiv region have already been liberated forever from the Maidans, Nazism and perverts - Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Kherson region CAA.
17:18 Airborne self-propelled artillery installation ASU-85 installed at a checkpoint in the Poltava region. The ASU-85 self-propelled artillery mount was in service with the airborne troops of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union from 1959 until the 2S9 or Nona-S entered service in the early 1980s. one17:15
17:05 Spain sent five transport planes with ammunition for large-caliber artillery systems to Ukraine, the Nazi General Staff reports.
16:35 The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue shelling Krasny Khutor in the Belgorod region. At the moment, at least one dead and several injured are known. Three private households were damaged. Emergency services were dispatched to the scene. Medical assistance is provided to the injured - Andrey Ikonnikov, Minister of Health of the Belgorod Region
15:23 A depot with ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been destroyed in Kharkiv.
15:07 Kursk telegram channels write that at about 14.30 Ukraine began shelling Krupets in the Rylsky district of the Kursk region.
15:02 Ukrainian saboteurs and foreign mercenaries are constantly trying to attack the Kherson region, but all attempts are repelled - Deputy Head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Kirill Stremousov.
13:45 Two artillery attacks of the Volna holiday village and a thermal power substation located in close proximity to the ZNPP was recorded, the Russian Defense Ministry reports. In total, 15 shells were fired from an area in the Dnepropetrovsk region. Ukrainian artillery units were suppressed by return fire.
13:10 The enemy made an unsuccessful attempt to attack in the Kherson region, the RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 120 Ukrainian military - the RF Ministry of Defense.
13:07 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine on September 17:
The Kyiv regime resumed provocations to create a threat of a man-made disaster at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. During the day, two artillery shelling of the Volna holiday village and a thermal power substation located in close proximity to the nuclear power plant was recorded.
In total, 15 artillery shells were fired from the Nikopol region of the Dnepropetrovsk region. Artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were suppressed by return fire. The radiation situation at the Zaporozhye NPP remains normal.
11:30 The enemy, using units of the Lviv 65th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, tried to break through our defenses in the Orekhovo area, in the south of the NVO zone. As a result of the hostilities, the formation of the regime was stopped, one tank was taken as a trophy, seven servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were captured.
11:25 The village of Krasny Khutor in the Belgorod region is again under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There are destruction. At least one civilian was injured.
11:20 The Russian Federation is increasingly using Kinzhal missiles. The probability of their breaking through our air defense is 90 percent:
“Their interception is problematic. Due to the rare use, counteraction algorithms have not been developed,” said Ukrainian military-political observer Oleksandr Kovalenko.
11:19 Personnel destruction of armored vehicles, weapons and military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of a special military operation. As a result of dropping grenades from a quadrocopter, a mortar position, a tank, as well as personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
10:08 In Melitopol, a new terrorist attack - power transmission towers were blown up. It is reported in the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Melitopol region. When leaving for the scene, law enforcement officers found that two reinforced concrete supports located near the highway near the village of Novy Melitopol district were damaged. Checking in progress.
09:22 In anticipation of massive strikes: the Russian Army deployed about 800 aviation units around Ukraine. Air Force Speaker Yuriy Ignat noted that there are 430 Russian aircraft and 340 helicopters near Ukraine.
09:00 After the explosions, an air raid alert was announced in Zaporozhye. Anxiety is also in several neighboring areas.
08:33 Russian BTR-82A won in a duel fight, an American M113. Then our servicemen seized the enemy's equipment, which the Ukrainian militants abandoned, fleeing.
08:30 The Armed Forces of Ukraine began filtering the population of Balakleya, people are being caught on the streets.
08:27 At 08.00 the eastern part of Kupyansk is ours.
08:08 Ukrainian channels announce arrivals in Kharkiv.
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But I forgot. You've been here, forever
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More evidence Russia is a moral vomit culture, FWIW, so is Azerbaijan but at least they have the excuse of different religions with Armenia than Russians do with Ukraine:
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[NewsFrontInof] 23:32 During the shelling of Donetsk, the buildings of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and ambulance stations, as well as office vehicles of employees of the department and doctors, were damaged. 22:41 In just a day, seven people were killed and 17 were injured during the shelling of the territory of the DPR.
22:19 As a result of the shelling of Donetsk, four people were killed, eight were injured, including a reporter from a Venezuelan TV channel.
19:02 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): four shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
18:09 The JCCC reports that Ukrainian punishers continue shelling the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. At 17:50, three more NATO-style shells of 155mm caliber were fired at civilians.
16:40 Today alone in Gorlovka, three civilians were killed and eleven people were injured as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mayor Ivan Prikhodko said.
15:18 A peaceful man who was injured on the street. Mercury, 21 in Gorlovka died - Prikhodko.
15:16 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells fired with a caliber of 152mm.
15:00 According to preliminary information, four civilians were killed during the shelling of the VFU in the center of Donetsk, three more were injured of varying severity.
13:22 At least four civilians were killed today in the center of Donetsk during the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:14 A civilian died as a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops - the mayor of the city.
13:00 As a result of the shelling of the center of Donetsk, there are dead and wounded. In the administration building of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk, the windows are completely shattered - a car is burning down nearby Nothing is known about the victims yet, the streets are empty - people are hiding in shelters.
The building of the Voroshilov district administration took over four artillery shells. One of them hit the roof of the last floor, where the editorial office of the Oplot TV channel is located. In addition, there are arrivals on Lenin Square, on the building of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic, the Main Post Office, and in close proximity to the Drama Theater.
12:39 Shelling of the center of Donetsk. Hit in the area of Lenin Square, a car is on fire, a direct hit on the administration building of the Voroshilovsky District, arrival at the intersection of Grinkevich and Pushkin Boulevard. And the shelling is still going on.
12:17 According to the JCCC, at 11:38, 11:49 and 12:00 hrs. Netailovo settlement in the direction of the Voroshilovsky district, a total of eight shells with a caliber of 15 mm were fired. Administrative buildings were damaged.
10:43 The shelling of the Kyiv region continued. Details are being specified.
10:28 Temporarily suspended the movement of trolleybus route No. 17 on the section “st. Tupolev - pl. Svoboda" in the Kirovsky district due to repair work at the supply substation. Movement is carried out along a shortened route - MER D
10:04 NATO instructors lead the Ukrainian military during attacks in the north of the Donetsk People's Republic, said the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin. According to him, Ukraine has tried six times to attack in the directions of Oleksandrivka and Krynok over the past 24 hours.
09:50 Soldiers of the 185th Battalion suppress the firing points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Avdiivka air defense unit. Outskirts of the settlement Spartak is still the front line of defense of Donetsk and the defenders of the republic not only give a worthy response to every shot from the Ukrainian militants, but also strike at the identified positions and concentrations of enemy manpower.
So, after the discovery of several enemy firing points on the territory of the former air defense military unit near Avdiivka, the crew of the SPG-9 Spear mounted grenade launcher of the 185th battalion of the NM of the DPR is advanced to the front line to suppress them.
09:44 According to the situation at the front along the Seversky Donets. Yampol and Krasny Lyman are under our control. The enemy is attacking in the area of Krymka, Aleksandrovka, Yarovaya and Drobyshevo. Svetogorsk is in the gray zone. Apparently, the student was left after leaving Sosnovoe. Enemy DRGs are roaming in Dibrovo, fighting in the Shchurovo area.
09:01 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction: n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kyiv region): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:
-- n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): two shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
-- n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kyiv region): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
[REGNUM] A group of armed persons who resisted were neutralized in Kherson on 17 September. This was reported to TASS by a representative of the operational services.
“ A group of armed persons was identified… ” said the representative of the operational services. “ Russian security forces quickly went to the place and neutralized the criminals .”
The source added that no one was hurt among civilians.
Recall that on September 17, the Vesti Krym TV channel reported that a counter-terrorist operation was taking place near the railway station in Kherson.
[REGNUM] The military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces and the civilian population were not injured due to the clash in Kherson. This was reported by the military-civilian administration (CAA) of the Kherson region in the telegram channel.
It is noted that during a patrol in the city center, Russian servicemen were attacked by an unidentified group of persons, which was liquidated after a “short clash” .
“According to law enforcement agencies, there are no casualties among military personnel and civilians ,” the CAA said in a statement, which urges citizens to “keep calm and trust only official information . ”
It is also clarified that “no significant material damage to the city” and residents “was recorded” , the territory is “fully controlled” by the armed forces and law enforcement agencies of Russia.
As REGNUM reported earlier, it was noted earlier that a counter-terrorist operation was taking place near the railway station in Kherson. The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov , said that an unsuccessful attempt to attack in the Kherson region was made by Kiev formations.
[REGNUM] The counter-terrorist operation is taking place near the railway station in Kherson. This was reported on September 17 by the Vesti Krym TV channel in Telegram.
“ An anti-terrorist operation is underway in Kherson,” the report says.
Other details are not given.
As reported by news agency REGNUM , on September 17, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov , said at a briefing that Kiev formations had made an unsuccessful attempt to attack in the Kherson region.
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In the same article says new explosions in Kherson today.
A telegram channel (Ukrainian journalist) claims it is a Russian base. It's very loud again in Kherson. And this time it is not a "performance" with admiration of the non-existent DRG. A preliminary attack on the military base of the occupiers.
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Putin will nuke Ukraine. Biden admin has compromised all Russian communications and Biden just got off the phone with Putin begging him not to do it.
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Part of the problem with 'nuking' is that there is a lot of hype and myth associated with it. Mass formations probably, but if you disperse enough it becomes very localized in its application. You in turn need concentrations to exploit any localized tactical advantage.
Contamination is a two way street where it is applied. Winds go west to east, so does the fallout.
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First batch of 42 sent from St Petersburg. 40 dead, 1 seriously wounded. Cannon fodder in the truest sense of the word. Also bet Prigozhin is pocketing the pay of the dead.
[YouTube] Deep, deep dive of an hour and a half video on what is going on so far. Highly recommend if you have the time.
Perun: A few weeks ago the Ukraine war was one of attrition and grinding advances, with Russian attacks in the Donbass an Ukrainian actions in Kherson both running into heavy defensive operations.
Then suddenly the Ukrainians launched their operation in Kharkiv Oblast, and within less than a fortnight, the Ukrainians would reclaim more territory than Russian forces had gained in months of bombardment and attrition-driven advances.
The war in Ukraine began with desperate defensive operations by the Ukrainian armed forces and population. Russian forces ended the first days pushing on the Ukrainian capital as the Ukrainians called for anyone capable of holding a rifle to stand up to defend the capital.
Now, it sees Ukrainian mobile units launching exploitation operations and forcing storied units like 1st Guards Tank Army to give up its positions at Izium rather than risk encirclement.
It's a heck of a story, one for the history books - and while it's still an evolving situation and data is thin, I thought it was worth asking three questions.
What the heck just happened, how did it happen, and what does that mean for the war to come?
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Hey besoeker
Posting made in Poland …British fakery again?
A negro in a racist country like Ukraine….serving in a non English speaking platoon….commanded by nazis….
If you believe that your are jew nut.
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Thanks Joe for the heads up. We'll have a look under the hood.
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